Thanks for the English link, I really appreciate that and it makes the video much better to know what the text and song in the background says. Someone should email the guy with teh blog and tell him to embed that instead of the current Chinese-only one.
Somehow I feel for the Chinese government (not really). They're caught between a rock and a really hard place.
On one hand they have to control the flow of info over 1.5 billion people and it's getting increasingly hard. With every piece they ban there's always a bit of Streisand effect. With people getting more and more knowledgeable about how to get around the system to get their sources (see Egypt 2011), that effect gains more and more amplitude.
On the other hand they just can't pretend to release their grip by ignoring that kind of material. It's 1.5 billion people. If they let go even just a little bit, they're bound to lose some control they'll never be able to regain.
A rock and a hard place. I really can't fathom what the future holds for China.
I'm reminded of the norska in the Vlad Taltos novels: they look just like rabbits and they eat dragons. Too bad it wasn't the year of the dragon we were coming out of!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbAtMsz0dro
References:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal
- https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=ye+guozhu+housing
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Yunhui
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Karamay_fire